 Expanded and remastered edition of the band's live album from 1971
Format: CD / Cat No: BMGCAT2CD3 / Released: 29/08/2016
Track Listing: CD 1 - THE ORIGINAL 1971 ALBUM - LIVE AT NEWCASTLE CITY HALL, 26.3.71 (2016 REMASTER): 1. Promenade (Pt. 1) / 2. The Gnome / 3. Promenade (Pt. 2) / 4. The Sage / 5. The Old Castle / 6. Blues Variation / 7. Promenade (Pt. 3) / 8. The Hut Of Baba Yaga (Pt. 1) / 9. The Curse Of Baba Yaga / 10. The Hut Of Baba Yaga (Pt. 2) / 11. The Great Gates Of Kiev / 12. Nut Rocker / Bonus tracks: LIVE AT THE MAR Y SOL FESTIVAL, PUERTO RICO, 4.12.72: 13. Pictures At An Exhibition (Medley): i. Promenade / ii. The Hut Of Baba Yaga / iii. The Curse Of Baba Yaga / iv. The Hut Of Baba Yaga / v. The Great Gates Of Kiev / CD 2 - LIVE AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE, LONDON, UK, 9.12.70: 1. Promenade (Pt. 1) / 2. The Gnome / 3. Promenade (Pt. 2) / 4. The Sage / 5. The Old Castle / 6. Blues Variation / 7. Promenade (Pt. 3) / 8. The Hut Of Baba Yaga (Pt. 1) / 9. The Curse Of Baba Yaga / 10. The Hut Of Baba Yaga (Pt. 2) / 11. The Great Gates Of Kiev / 12. The Barbarian / 13. Knife Edge / 14. Rondo / 15. Nut Rocker
More information: On 21st March 1971, at Newcastle City Hall - with ELP’s extroverted stage act becoming the stuff of legend - they recorded a new feature of their live concerts, a rock adaptation of Mussorgsky's ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’.
The ‘Pictures At An Exhibition’ (1971) album was another major hit, reaching U.K. No.3 and U.S. No.10.
Disc 1 is the original 1971 album newly remastered from the original master tapes in 24 Bit / High Density format by highly renowned rock Mastering engineer Andy Pearce plus bonus track ‘Pictures At An Exhibition’, recorded live at Mar Y Sol Festival, Puerta Rico 1971
Disc 2: Alternate album - Live At The Lyceum, London, December 1970, ‘sonically improved’ by Andy Pearce for this release
The CD booklet features extensive notes of new 2016 interview with band members Keith Emerson and Greg Lake, by legendary rock journalist Chris Welch.
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